Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Week Log 1/7-1/13

Mon-AM: 15 miles (2:05) GardenPM: 8 miles (1:05)Tue-AM: 30 miles (4:05) Gold CampPM: 4.5 miles (:41)Wed-AM: 30 miles (4:21) Buckhorn-Intemann-Red Rocks-GardenPM: 4.5 miles (:40)Thu-AM: 30 miles (4:10) CRUD TempoPM: 5 miles (:41)Fri- 10 miles (1:31)Sat- 42 miles (5:34) Rampart Range Road OverlookSun- OFF (left shin)Total: 179 miles (24:53)I was very pleased with this week until the weekend, obviously. Even without getting a speed session of any kind in on Tuesday, I was very excited with comfortably getting the mid-week volume that I did. The ice and snow definitely hindered the quality, but I'm not too concerned about that---I run to run in the mountains, and I got to do a ton of that this week so it was great.We'll see how big of a deal the shin turns out to be. I'm fine with taking a few days off--it's not ideal, but preparations rarely are--and I'm just going to try to remind myself to not force anything. If the shin disallows Rocky, so be it; I'm not going to try to get too worked up about it.Finally, I'm excited about having Kyle in town for the next couple of months---it's fun to get up in the mountains with some company.

The ideal in the Lieh-Tzu is a state, not of withdrawal, but of heightened perceptiveness and responsiveness in an undifferentiated world. My mind concentrated and my body relaxed, bones and flesh fused completely, I drifted with the wind East or West, like a leaf from a tree or a dry husk, and never knew whether it was the wind that rode me or I that rode the wind. -The Book of Lieh-Tzu